The first antiviral pill for COVID-19 is expected in Cyprus in the second half of December, according to deputy head of pharmaceutical services Elena Panagiotopoulou.  The pill will be used for mild to moderate cases of the disease.

A scheme involving €1 billion in state-guaranteed loans to businesses came into effect Friday following its publication in the official government gazette.

Cyprus has redefined its tourism offering to satisfy a changing market, deputy tourist minister Savvas Perdios told British tour operators as he struck an upbeat note for 2022.

Cyprus’ economy is recovering at a swifter rate than previously thought, with real GDP on track to reach pre-pandemic levels by the fourth quarter of this year, credit ratings agency DBRS Morningstar said on Thursday.

Standard and Poor’s revised the country’s largest lender Bank of Cyprus’ outlook to positive from stable, following a new NPL transaction titled Helix 3, reducing its non-performing loans ratio to single digits, for the first time since 2013.

In 2020, household consumption expenditure in the EU decreased by an unprecedented 8% in 2020 compared with 2019, according to data published by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, on Friday. With a drop of 14.1% in expenditure Cyprus ranks 5th in the EU.

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar have agreed to make way for the introduction of 5G across the island, UNFICYP said on Friday.

The energy and trade ministry has this year granted €127 million in the form of schemes, setting the foundation for economic recovery and green energy transition, Minister Natasa Pilides said on Thursday.

The European Commission is expected to grant state-owned asset management company Kedipes the necessary approval to operate as a bad bank during the second half of next year, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday.

The Cypriot IT services market exceeded €100 million in total value this decade, reaching €113.16 million in value during the previous year, a rise of 12.8% since 2018, according to a report by market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC).